This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. In the opening poem of Michelle Y. Burke’s poetry collection Animal Purpose (Ohio University Press) she tells of a horse that… Read more “A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose”
Category: Poetry Reviews
A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Though CDs were the primary media in music sales by the time I was a teenager, I am old… Read more “A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth”
A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. In “Flame War,” the poem that gives her debut poetry collection Witch Hunt its title, Juliet Escoria offers something of… Read more “A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria”
A Review of Look by Solmaz Sharif
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Solmaz Sharif’s debut poetry collection Look from Graywolf Press is a book that should provoke anger in its readers: anger because of the injustices… Read more “A Review of Look by Solmaz Sharif”
A Review of You Can’t Pick Your Genre: Poems by Emily O’Neill
“Does it take a village to end one girl?” – from “Who Should I Say Is Calling?” Emily O’Neill’s collection You Can’t Pick Your Genre (Jellyfish Highway, 2016)… Read more “A Review of You Can’t Pick Your Genre: Poems by Emily O’Neill”
A Review of Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. “Even my name knelt down inside me, asking to be spared.” Ocean Vuong’s Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon… Read more “A Review of Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong”
The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Aracelis Girmay’s new poetry collection The Black Maria (BOA Editions, 2016) is a perpetually shifting document, one that skirts from… Read more “The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay”
A Review of Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis
Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis, if you can’t tell from the title, is a self-consciously strange little book,… Read more “A Review of Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis”
A Review of Waiting Room by Jennifer Zilm
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Jennifer Zilm’s debut poetry book Waiting Room(BookThug, 2016) is a curious collection. From Zilm’s disparate roles–Bible student and scholar, dental and… Read more “A Review of Waiting Room by Jennifer Zilm”
A Review of Cynthia Cruz’s How the End Begins
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. History wants to hurt you. Cynthia Cruz asserts this in the opening poem of How the End Begins, her new poetry… Read more “A Review of Cynthia Cruz’s How the End Begins”
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